Hercules and the Nemean Lion
c. 1566
Artist, Italian, born c. 1510, active c. 1530 - c. 1570
Artwork overview
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Medium
woodcut on laid paper (line block from chiaroscuro woodcut)
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Credit Line
Gift of James A. Bergquist, Boston, in Honor of Peter Parshall
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Dimensions
block: 30.6 × 41.5 cm (12 1/16 × 16 5/16 in.)
sheet: 32.9 × 43.5 cm (12 15/16 × 17 1/8 in.) -
Accession
2014.48.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Passavant, no. 18
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(James A. Bergquist, Boston); gift to NGA, 2014.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1802
Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821: no. 18
1860
Passavant, Johann David. Le peintre-graveur, contenant l'histoire de la gravure sur bois, sur metalet au buring jusque vers la fin du XVI siecle .... 6 vols. Leipzig: Rudolph Weigel, 1860-1864: no. 18
Inscriptions
lower right in block: RAPHAEL.VR.INV; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite:[not deciphered]; by later hand, lower right verso in ink: 84
Wikidata ID
Q77007072